OTHER NEWS Four Lankans in UK get life sentence British HC builder remanded over alleged 18 m. fraud NIRJ DEVA MEP DEMANDS A “TRANSITIONAL ADMINISTRATION” FOR ZIMBABWE AND CONDEMNS RECENT ELECTIONS AS High commissioner Jayasinghe meets Lord Malloch Brown    Advertisement Print Version | Email to friend UK police arrest fourth man in Tamil Tiger probe 06-05-2008 British police arrested a fourth man on Tuesday as part of an anti-terrorism investigation into the Sri Lankan rebel group the Tamil Tigers. The 51-year-old man was arrested in the early hours of the morning in the southwestern town of Swindon "on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism", police said in a statement. He is the fourth man to be arrested during what police described as a "long-term investigation into the alleged funding and procurement activity in support of terrorism overseas." Last week police arrested two men, aged 39 and 46, at separate addresses in Wales and another, aged 33, in London. Police said two people have previously been charged in connection with the same inquiry. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is a rebel group fighting for an independent state in the north and east of Sri Lanka. Fighting between Sri Lankan government forces and the LTTE has intensified since the Colombo government pulled out of a six-year-old ceasefire pact in January. (Reporting by Kate Kelland. Editing by Dominic Evans) Print Version | Email to friend

Four Lankans in UK get life sentence Sat, 19-07-2008 18:00:00 Four Sri Lankan men have been sentenced to life for attempted murder in London. Armed with swords, pickaxe handles and pieces of wood, the four tried to behead a 20-year-old man in August 2006.... |FULL STORY|

British HC builder remanded over alleged 18 m. fraud Thu, 17-07-2008 08:00:00 The Colombo District Court remanded a British constructor who built the recently opened British High Commission at Buller’s Road, Colombo for allegedly defrauding a local sub-contractor by failing to make payments of over Rs. 18 million. Colombo District Judge Sisira Ratnayake remanded Graham A. Gardner who had been arrested at his apartment at Barnes Residencies, Colombo-07 on a civil warrant. The arrest warrant had been issued following a plaint filed by Cavalier Trading Enterpris... |FULL STORY|

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NIRJ DEVA MEP DEMANDS A “TRANSITIONAL ADMINISTRATION” FOR ZIMBABWE AND CONDEMNS RECENT ELECTIONS AS Thu, 10-07-2008 20:00:00 EPP Coordinator of the European Parliament’s Development Committee, and former candidate to succeed Kofi Annan as Secretary-General of the UN; said at the European Parliament’s passing of the Urgency Resolution on Zimbabwe. Nirj Deva MEP said: “I am utterly disgusted at the continuing presence of Robert Mugabe on the international scene. He represents no-one but himself and his thieving bandit cronies in Zanu-PF. He does not represent the Zimbabwean people, who yearn to be r... |FULL STORY|

High commissioner Jayasinghe meets Lord Malloch Brown Thu, 10-07-2008 08:00:00 Sri Lanka's New High Commissioner in London Nihal Jayasinghe paid a courtesy call on Rt. Hon. Lord Malloch Brown Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs who is scheduled to visit the Indian Ocean island republic during mid July. Though a State Minister, Lord Malloch Brown who sits in the British cabinet, during his visit between July 14 and 16 in Colombo is scheduled to see President Mahinda Rajapaksa for some important discussions concerning bilateral relations betw... |FULL STORY|

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